A gentle knocking wakes up Robertus, he does not feel like waking up yet so he turns against the door keeping his eyes closed. As he lies on the bed, Korë comes in, she carefully places his breakfast on his desk. Robertus can smell a cheesy onion omelet and some potatoes, his stomach aches with hunger as the smell invades his nose. He gets still groggy but ready to go eat,"Thanks, Korë, could you bring me over the iced tea please?"Korë nods, going back to the table grabbing the stainless steel cup bringing it over to him. Did you two have a busy night?"Robertus takes the cup from her taking a sip, "Smells like Léa cooked up something good as always." Korë stays silent only crossing her arms, pushing Robertus to answer her silence. "No, we just talked."Korë smiles as she walks up to him and straddles Robertus leans back so that they are looking into each others' eyes. "So no fun for the humble Caesar?"Robertus raises eyebrows confused by Korë friendliness compared to their last interaction. He feels she is putting on an act, but it doesn't make sense why she would, he would have thought she would have wanted to hash out their discussion from yesterday. "What are you playing at Korë? Don't you want to talk about yesterday?"Korë seems displeased with his reaction as she pushes herself off him. Robertus pulls the sheets off himself and stands up, to a snicker from Korë, "We aren't all going to be following in your newly found Artimite ways are we?"Robertus ignores her comment as puts his cup down and then wraps himself tightly in a large blanket. He isn't going to let her keep pushing away this discussion, "Korë come on, I know you are upset. We need to talk about this."Korë turns her back on Robertus, but it is clear she is still listening, Robertus continues. "You know I love you, I care about you a lot, it hurts me to know you are upset. I feel I have two favorites, I am not sure what is causing this sudden friction, has Juniper been causing trouble with you?"Robertus turns Korë around so that she is facing him, her turquoise eyes are wet as she attempts to hold in her emotions. "You know I wish I was your favorite, I would still like you to make an official statement on it over having me be your second. I like Juniper but being a Domi just doesn't make me feel any less that I am inferior to her. I also feel like you haven't been spending a lot of time treating with the same passiveness you do with someone like Tassa.""Korë," is all Robertus can say as he hugs her deeply he can feel tears coming down his own face dipping onto her. Robertus absorbed Korë in the blanket bringing her in tight, feeling her warmth against him. They hold each for a long moment, feeling comfort in each others breaths, but are forced out of the moment by a knock on the door."Robi could I have a moment," Claudius pokes his head in seeing Korë poking out from Robertus, "my apologies Robertus, I just was checking to see if you were up. I was hoping to discuss somethings with you."Korë steps out and bows, "If you need me just call for me I won't go far." Korë starts to walk out of the suite, but her arm is grabbed by Robertus stopping her."Claudius can you give me a moment, just wait for me outside." Robertus says as he pulls in Korë again but she remains facing Claudius watching him. Claudius simple nods leaving the two."Korë, I will do it, I will make you a favorite just like Juniper. Its not unprecedented by any means, I have known quite a few Natu that have had a few." Robertus says as he rests his head on Korë's.Korë's back is still to Robertus feels his stomach gently brush up against her with each breath he takes. She attempts to process what Robertus has said. This is a big move for him to do this, anointing her as a Gözdes, its something she always wanted but never thought would happen. "I... Did you just come to this decision?"Robertus moves back to his bed sitting down on it pausing for a moment before he moves to the end table closest to him. He pulls out a small dark cherry word box, he hands it Korë. "I have been thinking about it for a long time. I can't say that Juniper will be happy to have been tied at number one." Robertus smiles, "Things will work out though I know it."Korë, takes the box and quickly opens it pulling out a red wine colored gem, she cries at the gesture. "Can I go to Parba to get it attached to my bracelet?"Her joy at the gift, that has solidified Korë's new position, has Robertus beaming, "I was going to have Aaron take care of it, but of course you can."Korë can barely contain herself dancing around the room, "I am sorry I gotta go."Robertus laughs, "You are all good, but have a talk with Juniper for me please."Korë smiles and quickly runs out, Robertus can hear her squeals of joy as she runs down the hall. Robertus feels like he did the right thing and is happy with his choice but he knows its going to be controversial. He smirks as he goes to sit back down on the bed. He picks up the cup of tea again and takes a sip. His grandfather might reach out to him upon hearing about this. He just hopes that Juniper's great uncle Solomon doesn't reach out to protest this choice possibly harming Juniper politcally. Robertus runs his hands through his hair, this should only be a net gain for every.Claudius comes back in with her exit, he sees Robertus sitting there rubbing his hands through his hair. Robertus looks up, and sees Claudius, he takes a large gulp of his ice tea."Why is she so excited?" Claudius says as stands in front of the Caesar."Huh? Oh I told her i was going to make her a Gözdes." Robertus says calmly and cooly as he gets up and goes to sit at his desk, he turns his chair to face the couch in from of his bed. The blanket he wears encompasses him. "It is a fair move, I do love her." He says in between bites."It is a little bit dicy for the Slavs," Robertus waves his hands at Claudius cutting him off."Come on Claudius, Vladimir Cherwinski was quite the womanizer himself, we all know he had a few wild oats himself. Its nothing new anyways." He scarfs down the rest of his food.Claudius lays down on the couch, "I guess so, but they aren't Pimogie they don't live their lives like us. They still stick to one partner, for the most part."Robertus gets up allowing and moves over to his closet, "I don't see the issue, I would assume only the federation or those what? Lost Patriots? Those would probably be the only groups to put up some fuss on this. This should be a none issue I highly doubt we will have any issue in this."Claudius turns to him, "Robertus, did you talk to Juniper she is apart of your relationship too."Robertus sheds the blanket, feeling the cold on his body, he had not discussed it with her, he had felt she would be willing to go along with anything he had come up with. Claudius could very well be right that should could see this as a bit insulting. It wouldn't be the first time, he remembers how stung she was when she found out about when he and Korë had first gotten together, but it never seemed to truly phase her. When they were younger in the Mir Center they often had smaller flings, Robertus smirks remember all the different kisses he had. Its really not right for a Pimogie to keep their love shackled, that idea is a relic that those like the Lost Patriots hold onto. Claudius has to be playing with him, he has never settled down and has been constantly amusing himself with that playwright. "Shackling has never been a thing for House Clericus to do, Tata never did it, nor your father, nor yourself. Why must you play with me on this.""Its all politics Robi, Juniper being an only primary looks better for the Natu and on Zeyta, I am sure Imperator Prior Septema would like to know that his great niece is the main jewel of a promising Caesars' eyes. Korë is just a commoner, a servant, it just doesn't lead to anything good." Claudius pauses for a moment, "There is no issue in that of course, I am just saying that in the nature of the game Juniper is a better look."The elitism of Claudius' statement stings, only in the insult is deals Korë. Robertus stays silent as he fingers through is outfits. Korë, is still a important figure though, her name has power to it. A leader is only as strong as their relationship to their people, and the cult of Korë being strong among the people. Juniper's great uncle is a good man, and has help to raise Robertus and mentor him, like he was his own. "We might be more divine purely for our bloodline having been touched to lead our people, but that doesn't mean we should remove ourselves from the central fabric of the Pimogie people. It is only righteous that I would want to place my name with that of some one who was born from nothing."Claudius smiles, "The words of a Deus, Zeyta was very wise to pick you to become a Caesar."Its always a strange quiz from him, Robertus thinks to himself. He decides to stay simple, he doesn't expect any visitors today, he puts on a plain white robe. "I don't get why you always feel the need to push me on my choices. I think I have been doing just fine so far."Claudius laughs, "You have been doing great, I just need to keep you on your toes and thinking."Robertus shakes his head to himself as he finds the Imperial purple sash, its has gold trim and and imperial P in the middle where it should be centered close the wearers' heart. Its the sash that denotes him as a member of House Clericus, he considers wearing the golden green sash denoting him a Caesar but decides against it. " "So Claudius whats on the agenda for today?""Well, Aaron and Tyrell talked to Kata, she didn't take it great, so I am assuming she is going to be coming over today." Claudius holds in a laugh, ready for the excitement at their cousin getting angry at Robertus for his rash decision.Robetus comes out of his closet and goes into his bathroom. "That should be fun, but it has been a bit since she has been by, it will be good to see her. I wonder if she has any news from my mom, she does talk to her much more than I do."As Robertus goes through his routine ensuring his daily hygiene needs are met. Claudius stands up and stretches his body getting ready to face their day together. It shouldn't be too exciting outside of Kata and dealing with this Federation party business, Romulus said he wanted to be there for that. He had seemed interested in it when they had talked about it after Robertus had left."Alright, where to first?" Robertus says as he exits the bathroom.